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' H. A. HOUSE.

PAPER BAG.

No. 247,646. Patented Sept. 27,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. HOUSE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

PAPER BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 247,646, dated September 27, 1881.

Application filed September 21, 1880.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HOUSE, of Bridgeport, Fairfield connty,Oonnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Bags, of which the tollowingis a speci-' fication. I

The objectof my invention is a paper bag constructed as fully described hereinafter, so

as to prevent mistakes and loss of bags, time,

contents from one bag to another. Thus, where' the salesman having mistaken the capacity of a bag finds'that it will not hold the quantity measured, he must return the contents to the scoop or tray and secure another bag of proper dimensions, with some loss of time, and generally with the loss of the bag and of material; or, if he selects a bag which is larger than necessary, there is a corresponding waste. Although the loss of time or bags or material is slight in each case, the aggregate is so large as to be of considerable importance, and to induce tradesmen to resort to various expedients, as assorting the bags in indexed trays, &c., none of which have proved efi'ective, while all are more or less complicated or expensive.

I have secured the desired result by manufacturing a bag with a scale or index forming (No model.)

partof the same, and indicating in any suitable manner not only the actual capacity of the bag, but the amounts of different material which it is capable of holding. This may be efi'ected in various ways. I prefer, however, to stamp or emboss the bag as it passes through the machine, thereby marking it without any increase of cost, and to designate the capacity of the bag by words and figures, substantially as shown in the accompanying drawing, the names of the articles varying, of course, with the character of materials on sale.

I am aware thatit has been common to print upon a bag a figure indicating its number or size, but such mark is of no value in determining its capacity, inasmuch as a bag capable of holding one pound of black tea will not hold one pound of green tea, nor will one of a capacity to receive one pound of pepper hold one pound of coffee.

I claim As a'new article of manufacture, a paper bag provided with marks or characters indicating the capacity of said bag for a series of different materials, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY A. HOUSE.

Witnesses: HENRY B. BARTUN ALFRED B. BEERS. 

